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Having problems with your Nikon Coolpix 4300 Digital Camera ?

Battery problem i bought two new batteries and a new battery charger for my nikon 4300. it still gets about 30 pics before the battery warning light comes on. has anyone else had this problem? just curious. nikon told me to send it in.

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My experience is the same. The battery warning will come on after about 40 shots (with half with flash). If you don't replace it right away, you can take another 40 shots before it goes completely dead.

I find that the Nikon 4300 really burns through the batteries when the camera is set to use red-eye correction. This triggers three or so flashes for each picture. I think I get more than 30 red-eye corrected flash pictures on a set of batteries, but probably no more than 50. Taking outdoor shots w/o flash naturally is kinder on the batteries.

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